lickerous

comparative more lickerous · superlative most lickerous · alternative liquorous · alternative lickorous · alternative licorous · alternative likresse

1. archaiclickerish; lecherous; eager; lustful.

   "My lady, thou art lickerous." He smiled, pressing the heel of his hand against her.

   2011, Laura Kinsale, For My Lady's Heart

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   [...] and taking leave of each other with a courteous kiss, she pleasantly passed forth on her journey and this untoward lickerous chamberlain repaired homeward.

   1973, Arthur F. Kinney, Rogues, Vagabonds, & Sturdy Beggars

   Next up the valley beyond him lived Phineas Cowan, whose inclinations, in spite of his advanced age, were lustful and lickerous.

   1992, Tony Hillerman, The Best of the West

   The broad-faced, sluttish helot, the slave wife Grubby and warm, who opens unashamed Her thousand wombs unguarded to the lickerous sun.

   1992, C. S. Lewis, Michael Hague, The Pilgrim's Regress